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Writing Without Rules: Deep Dives
Figuring out why stories work using examples from pop culture.
By Jeff Somers · Launched a year ago
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Hold Onto Your Hat: Miller’s Crossing and How to Do Symbolism
I was walkin' in the woods, I don't know why. Wind came up and blew me hat off.
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‘Inventing Anna’ and One Easy Trick
The art of the cliffhanger can be applied to any serialized story. It can also ruin them.
May 17
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‘Ozark’ and The Making of the Sausage
Sometimes knowing how stories get written is more of a curse than a superpower.
May 10
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‘The Batman’: The Ensmallening of Batman
If things get any more real in this franchise, it’ll basically just be ‘Columbo.’
May 3
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The Lazy Writer’s Guide to Vaguely-Defined Evil International Organizations
'Escape Room' and 'Squid Game' both feature shadowy organizations sporting apparently infinite resources and power, but one does it right and the other…
Apr 26
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Atlanta: The Most Subtle Horror Movie of All Time
It’s a mood.
Apr 19
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‘The French Dispatch’: Selfless, Cold, and Composed
Wes Anderson has reached his true form, and he may have forgotten how to be human.
Apr 12
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‘Fresh’: Levels to It, You and I Know
Simple, nasty horror movies are never simple, though they can certainly be nasty.
Apr 5
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